“The automatic generation of dynamic facial expressions to transmit the internal states of a robot, such as mood, is crucial for communication robots,” the team writes in their study, who add that ...

Militaries, law enforcement, and more around the world are increasingly turning to robot dogs — which, if we're being honest, look like something straight out of a science-fiction nightmare ...

Google taught a pair of cute mini robots to play soccer Researchers from Google DeepMind actually realized the dream of many sports-living kids: they made upright robots play soccer with each other.

One of the original stereotypes about robots is that their movements are stiff and abrupt, something that endures in the “robot dance” that first became popular in the 1980s. Robots have since ...

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children’s newest robot needs a name, and you can help decide what it is. The new, robotic, member of the team - a 'neuromate' - is used in some types of brain surgery ...

Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 ...

“The Wild Robot” has clearly struck a chord. The DreamWorks Animation feature, written and directed by Chris Sanders, stars Lupita Nyong’o as a robot (she calls herself Roz) who washes ...

The CEO of a company that makes $1,200 AI-powered robots for autistic children says he has no current options to keep his company afloat though is “exploring all avenues”. Customers were told ...

Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round." On its website, it ...

Moxie, an AI-powered toy robot aimed at preschoolers and other children, is shutting down — leaving parents in the position of having to explain that a beloved companion is going away.

Hines' book tells the story of a boy and his robot dog trying to save the world from robots raining down from the sky.

The blight of internet-connected devices continues as Moxie, a cute AI-powered robot for children, is being killed. The company behind it, Embodied, explained on an FAQ page that an expected ...